Road Trip

Hayley and I woke up early this morning and set out on a day trip to Charlotte, Winston Salem, and Greensboro.  This weekend is the end of Hayley's spring break and after a full week of her working multiple hours at her job, we decided that the best way to end her vacation would be to go shopping. Anyway, we stopped at Whole Foods before heading out, and I couldn't resist passing up a vegan cookie, so I picked out a coconut nut one to go along with my soy latte.  My favorite lattes are at Cafe Carolina because the soy milk is unflavored. Starbucks and Caribou both have vanilla flavored soy milk, and in my opinion the flavored kinds just don't taste as well in coffee. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the soy milk used at Whole Foods is unflavored because I thought the only time I could indulge with a latte would be at work.  Though I still like Cafe Carolina's lattes better (all soy milks have different flavors), this one was still very good.  So, we eventually made it to Charlotte and got so carried away with shopping that we didn't really think about eating. It wasn't until a lot later when we were heading to Winston Salem that we noticed we were starving. After some walking in downtown we came upon a cute restaurant called, 6th and Vine. This is a picture of what I got:

This is the Asian salad, which is arugula with tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, mushrooms, and a seaweed salad on top. I also added some grilled tofu. It came with a dressing, and even though Hayley said it was really good, it looked creamy, so I didn't take a chance with it.  Plus, the seaweed salad on top added enough flavor without the need for any kind of dressing. This salad was a normal meal for me except for the seaweed. I'm pretty sure I never would have thought to add seaweed to a salad, but it was surprisingly good. Before this meal, I thought seaweed was only eaten with sushi, so that being said, it was definitely a risk for me to try.


Overall, our road trip was successful, both with the shopping and the restaurant choice.

Who knew green slime could taste so good,
Maggie